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10 Paoli
| Issuer | Monte di Pietà, Roman Republic |
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| Year | 1798 |
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| Currency | Paolo (1725-1798) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ROMANA Pᵒ DIECI MONTE DI PIETA Libertà Uguaglianza Da pagarsi al Riportitore Dalla Cassa de gl'Imprestiti 1798 |
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| Protection description | Two manuscript signatures of authorising officials at lower obverse; circular embossed or dry-stamp control marks at upper corners of both obverse and reverse as anti-counterfeiting authenticators |
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The Roman Republic of 1798 was a French-backed revolutionary state that displaced Pius VI and lasted barely seventeen months. The Monte di Pietà — originally a charitable pawn institution founded in the fifteenth century — was pressed into service as an emergency issuing authority when the new regime needed a functioning monetary infrastructure almost immediately. These notes were issued under acute fiscal stress, not as part of any planned currency system.
Manuscript signatures and control stamps were the only anti-counterfeiting measures available at speed. The republic collapsed in September 1799 when Neapolitan forces entered Rome, rendering the entire emission worthless overnight.